Chapter eleven: enemies

                                    

                                          
As expected of Sylvester, somethings like this won't just go by him. Bolaji chuckled deeply, he was going to bring that up separately after they were done talking. Seems there was no need for that.
He heard him chuckling. 
''Wait... I'm right, aren't I? I knew I know her when you were describing her. '' His voice boomed excitedly and Bolaji could hear him snap his fingers in the air. '' Wait, you said you two met up again? Did she also recognize you?'' He hit him with multiple questions. 
''Yeah and I think she recognized me too.'' Bolaji answered.
''Dunno why I couldn't remember her, though.'' He was sounding almost downcast about not remembering. The crazy bastard, thought Bolaji shaking his head in amazement before bursting into laughter. 
''Sylvester, how were you supposed to know? There are literally hundreds of women who might have that description!'' Bolaji exclaimed laughing. Even as Bolaji said, he didn't believe a single word of it. The acting CEO is a unique woman.
''I'm a ladies man, Bolaji. When things like this happen to me, it shows I'm losing my touch. If care is not taken, something might happen to me soon. And you can imagine yourself after you've met her, she's not the type you forget.'' He said in a duh kind of way. Like he should be aware of that. 
Lady's man his ass, more like a playboy. He was even generous with that term, the dude was closer to a male prostitute with the way he changes partners all the time. You never see him with a female partner for long. 
''Besides, I heard something about her presence in the company before you mentioned her. So, I should have known.'' Sylvester said. ''So, what happened?'' 
He narrated to him from the moment he called her and how surprised he was when she showed up at the meeting place. He included all the pieces he omitted when he was first discussing with him. Things like this always gets his friend excited, he could feel it as he was talking to him. 
After Bolaji finished telling all that had transpired, Sylvester began to give some advice on how to go about things. While he had some good talking points, a lot of them were just plain bad advice. Bolaji was already taking a risk getting advice from someone who just can't seem to keep a girl around. Although, the reason was just because of Sylvester's nature itself. Bolaji actually thought if he actually put in an effort to stay committed there was a high possibility he would actually succeed.
They talked for a while longer before they bided each other goodbye. There were means he could employ to get the required information but they would all require time. He decided to ask directly from the source, he is going to see Samantha again and that was something he was anticipating.
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Samantha was in a meeting with the company's executives in the conference room. They were all seated around a big circular conference table. The room was roundly shaped with big windows all surrounding it. They all had big curtains which were all drawn open to let the daylight in. Samantha was sitting with her back to the big river that the company overlooked. All the chairs in the room were white, there was also a white couch by one of the windows. Right above the large table was a suspended circular white lamp 
In front of them all were the files they were going to go through in the meeting. 
Opposite her sat Sandy, a forty five year old middle aged woman. She's an executive in the company, one of the ones that hated her and almost always disagree with her in any form she can. Sandy doesn't hide the fact she dislikes Samantha, she has a lot of stake in the company which is one of the only reason some of the executives side with her. She is a double edged sword for them though because of the way she acts, her actions were ones that were detrimental to both herself and those she allies with. Samantha couldn't count the number of times Sandy had acted without thinking which eventually bit her back in the ass. So to a certain degree, she knows how to handle her because she makes it easy.